LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT CLASS

Hello! Welcome to our Online Language Development Pod! My name is Allison W. and I am a Speech Language Pathologist. For the past 19 years I have found a passion in working with young children to develop and enhance language and communication skills. I look forward to working with you and your child!

SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

Students will be required to have a laptop computer with the zoom application downloaded.

SESSION INFORMATION

These sessions will run twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4:15pm. The sessions will last 60 minutes. They will be held through the Zoom platform and parents will receive an email invitation to each session.

CURRICULUM

These sessions are designed to be fun and engaging for your toddler! They will incorporate music, videos, interactive games, and a variety of green screen interactive activities to work toward building receptive and expressive language skills to enhance overall communication.
Some of the skills we will address include:

• Identification and naming of objects and actions
• Following directions
• Increasing ability to respond accurately to a variety of questions
• Increasing understanding and use of categories and concepts (such as prepositions, colors, shapes, etc).

Guidelines For Virtual Instruction

• Communication: schedule an appointment via email to discuss your child’s progress with his/her teacher.
• Recording instructional sessions without permission is prohibited.
• Everyone who might appear on camera needs to be dressed and behaving appropriately – check what your camera can pick up behind your child.
• Teach your child how to mute and unmute. Then, remember that when the mic is on, the class will hear everything anyone says within its range. (**Initial sessions will incorporate lessons on learning how to mute/unmute**)
• Check your child’s audio daily.  Check that he/she can hear and that when he/she is asked to unmute by the teacher, the teacher and class can hear him/her.
• While “in class”, students should leave their camera on so their teacher can see the student.

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Our Coach Allison

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Allison is a NYS licensedspeech-language pathologist. She earned her B.S. and M.S. in Speech Language Pathology from The State University of New York College at Fredonia. Allison holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). She has 19  years teaching/therapeutic experience in school and naturalistic settings. Allison has gained this experience through her positions in various agencies providing Early Intervention services, as well as in a variety of special education preschool programs including the Rainbow School for Child Development, Milestone School for Child Development, and as a Clinical Supervisor of Speech Services with AHRC New York City, working with students ages 3-21, supervising clinicians, and training staff and families on a range of communication topics.

She is highly skilled at working with a variety of language, and articulation delays, phonological disorders, social/pragmatic deficits, auditory processing disorders, dyslexia and literacy enrichment, fluency, and oral-motor difficulties. Due to the recent pandemic, Allison has become skilled in treating these disorders and delays via telehealth. She has developed exciting lessons and literacy programs which are delivered virtually to individuals or small groups and utilize a variety of green screen activities, interactive games, and stories.  She uses these skills to develop and enhance language and communication and literacy skills.  Over her years as a clinician and supervisor, she developed a passion for working with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders and providing them with the language, social skills, and supports necessary to become independent adults. This has led her to become passionate about the funding, programming, and implementation of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems, such as the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), in which she has been formally trained, static and dynamic display devices and American Sign Language (ASL). She is also a Certified Sequential Oral Sensory Feeding provider and has developed a love for treating feeding disorders, through this methodology. Allison prides herself on her ability to effectively collaborate with families, teachers, and other professionals in related fields to encourage effective communication across all environments. She believes that a combination of evidence-based practice, parent/caregiver involvement, and fun is the key to communication success.